| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Fred G. Aandahl |
Politician |
9-Apr-1897 |
7-Apr-1966 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1945-50 |
| Peter Agre |
Biologist |
30-Jan-1949 |
|
Water channels of cell membranes |
| Martti Ahtisaari |
Head of State |
23-Jun-1937 |
|
President of Finland, 1994-2000 |
| Gene Amdahl |
Engineer |
16-Nov-1922 |
|
Parallel computing pioneer |
| Rasmus B. Anderson |
Scholar |
12-Jan-1846 |
2-Mar-1936 |
America Not Discovered by Columbus |
| Rocky Anderson |
Politician |
9-Sep-1951 |
|
Mayor of Salt Lake City, 2000-08 |
| Sigurd Anderson |
Politician |
22-Jan-1904 |
21-Dec-1990 |
Governor of South Dakota, 1951-55 |
| LaVerne Andrews |
Singer |
6-Jul-1911 |
8-May-1967 |
The Andrews Sisters |
| Maxene Andrews |
Singer |
3-Jan-1916 |
21-Oct-1995 |
The Andrews Sisters |
| Patty Andrews |
Singer |
16-Feb-1918 |
|
The Andrews Sisters |
| Christian Anfinsen |
Chemist |
26-Mar-1916 |
14-May-1995 |
Protein structure and folding |
| John Ashcroft |
Politician |
9-May-1942 |
|
US Attorney General, 2001-05 |
| Richard Ayoade |
Actor |
12-Jun-1977 |
|
Dean Learner on Garth Marenghi's Darkplace |
| Michele Bachmann |
Politician |
6-Apr-1956 |
|
Congresswoman, Minnesota 6th |
| Lynda Barry |
Cartoonist |
2-Jan-1956 |
|
Ernie Pook's Comeek |
| Judith Blegen |
Singer |
27-Apr-1941 |
|
Operatic soprano |
| Norman Borlaug |
Scientist |
25-Mar-1914 |
12-Sep-2009 |
Engineered disease-resistant wheat |
| Terry E. Branstad |
Politician |
17-Nov-1946 |
|
Governor of Iowa |
| Jackson Browne |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Oct-1948 |
|
Running on Empty |
| C. Norman Brunsdale |
Politician |
9-Jul-1891 |
27-Jan-1978 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1951-57 |
| Walter Burkemo |
Golf |
9-Oct-1918 |
8-Oct-1986 |
Winner, 1953 PGA Championship |
| James Cagney |
Actor |
17-Jul-1899 |
30-Mar-1986 |
New York tough guy |
| Dale Chihuly |
Artist |
20-Sep-1941 |
|
Glass artist |
| Russell Crowe |
Actor |
7-Apr-1964 |
|
A Beautiful Mind |
| Roald Dahl |
Author |
13-Sep-1916 |
23-Nov-1990 |
James and the Giant Peach |
| Doug Engelbart |
Computer Programmer |
30-Jan-1925 |
|
Pioneer of human-computer interaction |
| Jack Fletcher |
Photographer |
1917 |
31-Dec-2003 |
National Geographic photographer |
| Melyssa Ford |
TV Personality |
7-Nov-1976 |
|
BET personality |
| Ivar Giaever |
Physicist |
5-Apr-1929 |
|
Tunneling through superconductors |
| Ralph Guldahl |
Golf |
22-Nov-1911 |
11-Jun-1987 |
Winner of 3 Majors |
| Gail Halvorsen |
Military |
10-Oct-1920 |
|
Berlin Airlift candy bomber |
| Tippi Hedren |
Actor |
19-Jan-1930 |
|
The Birds |
| Jon-Erik Hexum |
Actor |
5-Nov-1957 |
18-Oct-1984 |
Actor accidently shot himself |
| Carl Hiaasen |
Author |
12-Mar-1953 |
|
Team Rodent: How Disneyland Devours the World |
| Conrad Hilton |
Business |
25-Dec-1887 |
3-Jan-1979 |
Founder, Hilton Hotels |
| Paris Hilton |
Socialite |
17-Feb-1981 |
|
The Simple Life |
| Henry "Scoop" Jackson |
Politician |
31-May-1912 |
1-Sep-1983 |
US Senator from Washington, 1953-83 |
| Fred Kavli |
Philanthropist |
1927 |
|
Kavli Foundation |
| Garrison Keillor |
Radio Personality |
7-Aug-1942 |
|
A Prairie Home Companion |
| Gary Kildall |
Business |
19-May-1942 |
11-Jul-1994 |
Founder of Digital Research, Inc. |
| Bud Krogh |
Government |
3-Aug-1939 |
|
Nixon's plumbers |
| E. Floyd Kvamme |
Business |
1938 |
|
Partner, Kleiner Perkins |
| Carole Landis |
Actor |
1-Jan-1919 |
5-Jul-1948 |
A Scandal in Paris |
| Arthur B. Langlie |
Politician |
25-Jul-1900 |
24-Jul-1966 |
Twice Governor of Washington |
| Arthur Larson |
Politician |
4-Jul-1910 |
27-Mar-1993 |
Moderate conservative thinker |
| Ernest Lawrence |
Physicist |
8-Aug-1901 |
27-Aug-1958 |
Inventor of the cyclotron |
| Kristanna Loken |
Actor |
8-Oct-1979 |
|
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines |
| John Lund |
Actor |
6-Feb-1913 |
10-May-1992 |
My Friend Irma |
| Anni-Frid Lyngstad |
Musician |
15-Nov-1945 |
|
ABBA |
| Warren G. Magnuson |
Politician |
12-Apr-1905 |
20-May-1989 |
US Senator from Washington |
| Bob Metcalfe |
Business |
1946 |
|
Co-Inventor of Ethernet |
| Kari Michaelsen |
Actor |
3-Nov-1961 |
|
Katie Kanisky on Gimme a Break! |
| Walter Mondale |
Politician |
5-Jan-1928 |
|
US Vice President under Jimmy Carter |
| Marilyn Monroe |
Actor |
1-Jun-1926 |
5-Aug-1962 |
Some Like It Hot |
| Harry Morgan |
Actor |
10-Apr-1915 |
7-Dec-2011 |
Col. Sherman T. Potter on M*A*S*H |
| John Moses |
Politician |
12-Jun-1885 |
3-Mar-1945 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1939-45 |
| Edvard Munch |
Painter |
12-Dec-1863 |
23-Jan-1944 |
Scream |
| Ted Nelson |
Computer Programmer |
17-Jun-1937 |
|
Hypertext pioneer, Xanadu |
| Eliot Ness |
Government |
19-Apr-1903 |
16-May-1957 |
Treasury Agent, The Untouchables |
| Peter Norbeck |
Politician |
20-Aug-1870 |
20-Dec-1936 |
US Senator from South Dakota, 1921-36 |
| Lauris Norstad |
Military |
24-Mar-1907 |
12-Sep-1988 |
Supreme Allied Commander, 1956-63 |
| Ken Olsen |
Business |
20-Feb-1925 |
6-Feb-2011 |
Founder of Digital Equipment Corporation |
| Ole H. Olson |
Politician |
19-Sep-1872 |
29-Jan-1954 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1934-35 |
| Lars Onsager |
Chemist |
27-Nov-1903 |
5-Oct-1976 |
Fourth Law of Thermodynamics |
| Henry D. Owen |
Diplomat |
26-Aug-1920 |
5-Nov-2011 |
US Ambassador at Large, 1977-81 |
| Gregg Palmer |
Actor |
25-Jan-1927 |
|
The Rebel Set |
| Robert E. Park |
Sociologist |
14-Feb-1864 |
7-Feb-1944 |
Race and Culture |
| John Paulson |
Business |
1955 |
|
Billionaire hedge fund manager |
| Barbara Payton |
Actor |
16-Nov-1927 |
8-May-1967 |
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye |
| Charles J. Pedersen |
Chemist |
3-Oct-1904 |
26-Oct-1989 |
Synthesis of crown ethers |
| Piper Perabo |
Actor |
31-Oct-1976 |
|
Slap Her... She's French |
| Iggy Pop |
Singer/Songwriter |
21-Apr-1947 |
|
Iggy and the Stooges |
| Dominic Purcell |
Actor |
17-Feb-1970 |
|
Prison Break |
| John Qualen |
Actor |
8-Dec-1899 |
12-Sep-1987 |
The Grapes of Wrath |
| Lois E. Quam |
Business |
c. 1961 |
|
Managing Director, Piper Jaffray |
| Vidkun Quisling |
Politician |
18-Jul-1887 |
24-Oct-1945 |
Norwegian president, Nazi collaborator |
| Ann Reinking |
Dancer |
10-Nov-1949 |
|
Broadway dancer |
| Sally Ride |
Astronaut |
26-May-1951 |
23-Jul-2012 |
First American woman in space |
| Karl F. Rolvaag |
Politician |
18-Jul-1913 |
20-Dec-1990 |
Governor of Minnesota, 1963-67 |
| Charles Schulz |
Cartoonist |
26-Nov-1922 |
12-Feb-2000 |
Cartoonist created Peanuts |
| Kathryn Leigh Scott |
Actor |
29-Jan-1945 |
|
Maggie Evans on Dark Shadows |
| Alia Shawkat |
Actor |
18-Apr-1989 |
|
Maeby on Arrested Development |
| Henrik Shipstead |
Politician |
8-Jan-1881 |
26-Jun-1960 |
US Senator from Minnesota, 1923-47 |
| Grace Slick |
Singer |
30-Oct-1939 |
|
Jefferson Airplane and Starship |
| Jeff Smith |
Chef |
22-Jan-1939 |
7-Jul-2004 |
Former TV chef, alleged child molester |
| Reed Smoot |
Politician |
10-Jan-1862 |
9-Feb-1941 |
Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act |
| Ruth Snyder |
Criminal |
1895 |
12-Jan-1928 |
Electrocuted for murdering husband |
| Arthur G. Sorlie |
Politician |
26-Apr-1874 |
28-Aug-1928 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1925-28 |
| Harold Stassen |
Politician |
13-Apr-1907 |
4-Mar-2001 |
Perennial presidential candidate |
| Rick Steves |
Author |
10-May-1955 |
|
Europe Through the Back Door |
| Kevin Strom |
Activist |
1956 |
|
Founder, National Vanguard |
| Richard E. Taylor |
Physicist |
2-Nov-1929 |
|
Verified existence of quarks |
| Ann Telnaes |
Cartoonist |
1960 |
|
Political cartoonist |
| Lee Tergesen |
Actor |
8-Jul-1965 |
|
Beecher in Oz |
| Edward J. Thye |
Politician |
26-Apr-1896 |
28-Aug-1969 |
Governor of Minnesota, 1943-47 |
| Merle Tuve |
Physicist |
27-Jun-1901 |
20-May-1982 |
Proximity fuse |
| Liv Ullmann |
Actor |
16-Dec-1938 |
|
The Passion of Anna |
| Sigrid Undset |
Author |
20-May-1882 |
10-Jun-1949 |
Kristin Lavransdåtter |
| Kirsten Vangsness |
Actor |
7-Jul-1972 |
|
Penelope Garcia on Criminal Minds |
| Thorstein Veblen |
Economist |
30-Jul-1857 |
3-Aug-1929 |
The Theory of the Leisure Class |
| Andrew Volstead |
Politician |
31-Oct-1860 |
20-Jan-1947 |
Legislated enforcement of Prohibition |
| Tom Waits |
Singer/Songwriter |
7-Dec-1949 |
|
Heartattack and Vine |
| Earl Warren |
Judge |
19-Mar-1891 |
9-Jul-1974 |
US Chief Justice, 1953-69 |
| Renée Zellweger |
Actor |
25-Apr-1969 |
|
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